Lacing-stud.



A. F. LITTLEFIELD.

LAOING STUD.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1e, 190s.

Patented May 4, 1909.

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UNITED OFFICE.

AUGUSTINE F. LITTLEFIELD, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

LACING-STUD Patented May 4, 1909.

1908. Serial No. 433,225.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. AUGUSTINE F. LITTLE- FIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lacing-Studs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to lacing studs and more particularly to lacing studs used upon laced shoes, and it has for its object to produce a stud of such a construction that the garments of the wearer will be efi'ectually prevented from accidental engagement with the head of the stud, and furthermore to produce a lacing stud with a dome-shaped protective cap or head provided at one point in its perimeter with a spreading brace, the brace arranged to support and protect the head and to cause the members of the lace to be spread as they emerge from beneath the dome.

To the above ends the present invention consists of the improved lacing stud which will now be described and claimed.

The present invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which L Figure 1 shows my improved stud in front elevation. Fig. 2 shows the same in rear elevation. Fig. 3 shows a vertical sectional view, and Fig. 4 a top plan view with a portion of the dome or cap broken away.

Similar reference characters will be employed throughout the specification and drawings to designate corresponding parts.

My improved lacing stud consists of a table 1, rovided upon its under surface with suitab e attaching means 2, which may be the usual and ordinary tubular form of attaching means, as shown, or any other preferred con.- struction.

Projecting from the upper surface of the table 1 is a post 3, about which the lace will be drawn and which resists the strain thereof. The post 3 supports at its upper end a dome-shaped cap 4, substantially hemispherical in form and having its perimeter 5 arranged in close juxtaposition to the upper surface of the table 1, and preferably the diameter of the perimeter 5 of the dome or cap iiflwill correspond to the diameter of the ta- The lace 6, as shown in the drawing, is inserted beneath the peripheral edge 5 of the dome or cap 4 and between said edge and the upper surface of the table 1, and will engage the post 3, and in order that the strain incident to the insertion of the lace may not unduly strain the dome or cap 4:, I have provided said dome or cap with a spreading brace 7 formed integrally therewith and proj ecting from the perimeter and engaging the upper surface of the table 1. This spreading brace will be of such a width as to cause the lace to spread as it emerges from beneath the dome or cap.

formed integrally with each other, but as shown in the drawing, the dome or cap is formed separately and is riveted at 8 to the upper end of the post 3.

referably the perimeter of the dome or c ap 4 will be provided adjacent the spreading brace 7 with the notches or seats 9.

From the foregoing it will be noted that the dome or cap is of such a shape and its peripheral edge is so close to the upper surface of the table 1, that the garments of the wearer will be effectually prevented from becoming entangled therewith.

Having described my invention I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States:

1. A lacing stud comprising a table, attaching means extending below the table, a vertical post extending above the table, a substantially hemi-spherical dome supported by said post with its perimeter in close jux taposition to said table and having at one point in its perimeter a downwardly extending spreading brace in contact. with the table, substantially as described.

2. A lacing stud comprising a table, attaching means extending below the table, a vertical post extending above the table, a substantially hemispherical dome supported by said post with its perimeter 'of substantially the diameter of the table and located in close juxtaposition to said table and having at one point in its perimeter a downwardly extending spreading brace in contact with the table, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUSTINE F. LITTLEFIELD.

Witnesses:

T. HART ANDERSON, MARY A. KnNNnY.

All the parts as so far described may be 

